How to Install Serendipity on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Serendipity is a popular open-source blogging platform. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Serendipity on Fedora CoreOS latest version.

Prerequisites

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS latest version

Installation

1. Launch your terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T if you are running the desktop environment, otherwise open your SSH terminal.
2. Run the following command to get the latest updates:

sudo dnf update

3. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

sudo dnf install apache mysql-server php php-gd php-mysql php-mbstring unzip

4. Download Serendipity’s latest zip archive from the official website by running the following command:

wget https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/download/2.3.5/serendipity-2.3.5.zip

5. Extract the zip archive by running the following command:

unzip serendipity-2.3.5.zip

6. Create a new directory named serendipity in your /var/www/html directory by running the following command:

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/serendipity

7. Move the extracted directory to the new serendipity directory by running the following command:

sudo mv serendipity-2.3.5/* /var/www/html/serendipity

8. Set the correct permissions for the serendipity directory by running the following command:

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/serendipity

9. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Serendipity by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/serendipity.conf

10. Add the following lines to the configuration file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/serendipity/

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/serendipity/error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/serendipity/access.log combined

    <Directory "/var/www/html/serendipity/">
        Options +FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace yourdomain.com with your own domain name.

11. Restart Apache web server to apply the new configuration by running the following command:

sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

12. Open your web browser and navigate to http://server_ip/serendipity. You should see the initial Serendipity installation page.

13. Follow the installation wizard and enter the required information. Make sure to use the MySQL root credentials and database name that you have set up previously.

14. Once the installation is complete, you can access the Serendipity admin panel by navigating to http://server_ip/serendipity/serendipity_admin.php.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Serendipity on Fedora CoreOS latest version.

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